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{"definition": "Estimates of the age-adjusted percentage of persons age 20 and older with diabetes (gestational diabetes excluded).", "availableYears": "2008", "name": "Adult diabetes rate, 2008", "units": "Percent", "shortName": "PCT_DIABETES_ADULTS08", "geographicLevel": "County", "dataSources": "2008 estimates are from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC used data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for 2008, 2009, and 2010 and from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. See Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) for a description of the methodology. 2013 estimates are from CDC Division of Diabetes Translation website. "} |